2 Awesome finds from my tumbler....Steel Wheaty!

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Ended up tumbling all my coins from the last couple months.


I was going thru them to pull out the wheats and found these.

First I found this awesome shaped 1919 Wheat. I know its a common, but its in great shape for the age.


Then I saw this coins which I thought was a toasted zinc penny, But I noticed it was red color rust , rather than that cray white color they turn out.

When I saw the rust, I remember 2 weeks ago finding a coin, and joking with my buddy about it maybe being a Steely

So I put it to the magnet..and sure enough, It stuck.


Its hard to see in the pic, but you can see the outline of Lincoln on the front. the back is completly gone thou.

Any ways, thought I would share. Its cool finding something for the Second time and getting happy




Steely!

 

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[cjon455]

cool!, I think I have a steel cent also, its similar in size and found at a site where I pulled 13 other mid forties wheats

 

[Pointman]

I probably won't ever find one cause I run in discrimination. That 1919 looks good. I recently bought a tumbler and I might need to try running some of mine.

I found a very corroded and half rusted wheat last week which I thought was a steely. I literally scraped off the corrosion and rust and it was a 1940.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

I probably won't ever find one cause I run in discrimination. That 1919 looks good. I recently bought a tumbler and I might need to try running some of mine.

I found a very corroded and half rusted wheat last week which I thought was a steely. I literally scraped off the corrosion and rust and it was a 1940.

Whats weird is it rang up good on my ATP, I'm pretty sure it would have been an 79-80 or so. I normally dont dig anythign lower when Im at schools or parks, because the Alum. screw tops ALWAYS read as 76-77.

The tumbler works great...I dont even use any media...this was just coins and water..it gets them good and cleaned enough to pass thru the machines

 

[qaela4]

That 1919 is in real nice shape, way better than mine.

 

[bootybandit]

Good looking coin!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice re-save!
I should start running a magnet over mine, you never know what you miss. I found 5 wheats when I cleaned a bunch of the encrusted cents, no key dates tho.

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs.

 

[Scrappy]

So that's what a steel wheat looks like from the ground! There was a thread a half-dozen months ago about that exact thing.

Nice find and smarts on throwing it in the tumbler.

 

[WheatWaffle]

Nice finds!

 

[Garrett424]

Cool finds. I have a few '43 steel cents. Two are actually uncirculated.

Always fun to find a new treasure in your old treasure too.
Congrats on you new old treasure.